Paper No. 25 THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION The opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board. UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _______________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _______________ Ex parte MASANOBU IWASAKI and KATSUHIRO TSUKAMOTO ______________ Appeal No. 96-0633 Application 07/971,0411 _______________ ON BRIEF _______________ Before URYNOWICZ, THOMAS and KRASS, Administrative Patent Judges. THOMAS, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON APPEAL Appellants have appealed to the Board from the examiner’s final rejection of claims 1 to 15 and 19 to 23. Claims 16 through 18 and 24 through 27 relate to a nonelected invention made subject to a restriction requirement. Application for patent filed November 3, 1992.1 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007